Our purpose in writing this
book is to answer the most commonly asked questions that students of A
Course in Miracles have been asking ever since its publication
in 1976. Over the many years we have been teaching the Course, it has become
apparent that its radical message has frequently been a source of much
confusion, misunderstanding, and distortion. It is our aim in this book
to help clarify, through this question-and-answer format, many of the Course's
principles to facilitate greater understanding and application of its thought
system.

The questions have been divided
into five categories, which form the chapters of the book: The Nature of
Heaven, The Nature of the Separation, Application and Practice of A
Course in Miracles, Jesus, and the Curriculum of A Course in Miracles.

We would like to thank the staff and
friends of the Foundation for A Course
in Miracles for their help in formulating and compiling many of
these questions, and for the students over the years who have asked them.

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